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Mark Shea says no, he can’t. Interesting, his explanation for why not: The irony, particularly in Dreher’s case, is that in his frustration and sense of crisis about the Roman Church, he chose to be jump to the ecclesial camp which would be most irate if the Pope did was Dreher demands. They, better than…

A Ukrainian Catholic priest — Eastern Rite Catholics can have married priests — at home with his family. Excerpt: Ukrainian priests, while reluctant to criticize Pope Benedict XVI over his unyielding stance on the celibacy requirement, said permitting them to raise families enriched their ability to tend to parishioners’ needs. “It is important when a…

I’m on my way to Washington now to get ready for the 2010 Templeton Prize winner announcement on Thursday. I can’t reveal the name of this year’s winner, but I can tell you the selection will cause a certain amount of controversy. Watch this blog for more. Here’s the website for the Templeton Prize, where…

In “The Quantum and the Lotus,” a book-length dialogue between astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan (born a Buddhist), and former scientist Matthieu Ricard, who left the Pasteur Institute to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Ricard writes of why he abandoned his scientific career for the monastery. He says, “I followed where my passions led, while trying…
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